(adj.adv.) : prōnus, a, um (archaic form of
* Fem. pronis, Varr. ap. Non. 494 fin.), adj. [like Gr. πρᾶνής = πρηνής, from root pra-, πρό; cf. prae).
* Lit., turned forward, bent or inclined, leaning or hanging forward, stooping, bending down (class.; opp. supinus; cf. cernuus).
* Of living beings: puerum imponere equo pronum in ventrem,Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 13: pronus pendens in verbera,leaning forward to strike,Verg. A. 10, 586: ipsum Pronum sterne solo,id. ib. 11, 485: pronus magister Volvitur in caput,id. ib. 1, 115: pecora, quae natura prona finxit,Sall. C. 1, 1; Ov. M. 8, 379.—Poet., of those running swiftly, Ov. M. 10, 652: leporem pronum catulo sectare sagaci,flying swiftly,id. R. Am. 201.
* Trop., inclined, disposed, prone to any thing (class.); usu. constr. with ad, in aliquid, or dat.; poet. also with gen.
* In partic.
* Of the heavenly bodies, of time, etc., setting, sinking, declining (poet.): pronus Orion,Hor. C. 3, 27, 18: sidera,Prop. 1, 16, 23: Titan,Ov. M. 11, 257: dies,Stat. Th. 2, 41: menses (=celeriter praetereuntes),Hor. C. 4, 6, 39: anni,id. A. P. 60.
* Of localities, turned, looking, or lying towards (postAug.).
* With dat.: loca Aquiloni prona,Col. 3, 2, 6: aedificii solum pronius orienti,situated more to the east,id. 1, 5, 8.
* With ad: campo patente et ad solem prono,Col. 2, 9, 3.
* In gen.
* With ad: rei publicae genus inclinatum et quasi pronum ad perniciosissimum statum,Cic. Rep. 2, 26, 47: anxitudo prona ad luctum,id. ib. 2, 41, 68 (from Non. 72, 31): boves ad domandum proni,Varr. R. R. 1, 2: pronus ad omne nefas,Luc. 6, 147: pronus ad cujusque necem,Suet. Vit. 14: ad poëticam,id. Ner. 50: ad simultates,Plin. Pan. 84.—Sup.: ad indulgentias pronissimus, Capit. Anton. 10, 8.
* In partic.
* With dat.: pronus deterioribus,Tac. Agr. 41 fin.—Comp.: aures offensioni proniores,Tac. A. 4, 29 fin.
* Lit., Paul. Petr. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 546.
* Trop., readily, willingly; comp. pronius, Amm. 30, 8, 10.
* With dat.: si modo prona bonis invicti Caesaris assint Numina,Stat. S. 4, 8, 61.—Comp.: cohors Cn. Dolabellae pronior,Suet. Galb. 12.
* Easy, without difficulty (mostly post - Aug.): omnia virtuti suae prona esse,Sall. J. 114, 2: omnia prona victoribus,Tac. Agr. 33: pronum ad honores iter,Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3: via ad regnum,Just. 1, 5, 9: pronum est, it is easy: agere memoratu digna pronum erat,Tac. Agr. 1: invitos praebere deos,Luc. 6, 606: facile et pronum est agere,Juv. 9, 43.—Comp.: id pronius ad fidem est,is easier to believe,Liv. 21, 28.—Hence, adv.: prōnē, downwards, pronely (post-class.).
* Absol.: prona sententia,Val. Fl. 8, 340: pronis auribus accipere aliquid,Tac. H. 1, 1; Luc. 5, 501.— Comp.: quos pronior fortuna comitatur,Vell. 2, 69, 6.

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